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I'd be interested to hear how durable ipads are on the museum floor...

Eric Socolofsky
Exhibit Developer - New Media
Exploratorium

Date:    Tue, 2 Nov 2010 07:06:36 -0400
From:    Lynn Baum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Ipads
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I would be interested to know if the ipad use cuts across generations.
Thanks,
Lynn
Senior Exhibit Developer/Educational Programs
Jan Crocker LLC


On 11/2/10 4:10 AM, Van Tiel, Michael wrote:
> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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> Hi Nick
>
> We have just installed a bank of ipads in a new exhibition.
>
> We will be watching closely to see how they go, both on how they visitors
engage with the ipads, but also how the ipads impact on their visit to the
gallery (ie does it enhance or detract from the surrounding objects,
graphics and other interactives).
>
> For more info:
>
>
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2010/11/01/waterworx-our-first-in-gallery-ipad-interactive/
>
> Cheers
>
> Michael
> Producer
> Powerhouse Museum
>
>
>
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> We have been using Ipads informally with visitors for a few months now and
they have been a great tool for a different kind of visitor engagement.
 Mostly we have used them for one on one interaction with apps such as Touch
Physics, Gravity, Planets etc, with a few innovations using a portable
projector attached.   I am curious to hear how other science centres have
used Ipads in innovative ways, as they seem to have been made for our field
and I feel the use at our centre may only be scratching the surface.
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> Cheers,
>
> Nick Wood
> Acting Outreach Manager
> Scitech

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